WALTZING Mrs. THATCHER
Once an ageing yuppie passed by a juicy pension fund,
Under the protection of a loophole in the law.
And he watched, and he waited and he seized the opportunity,
Then he banked it in the Seychelles before anybody saw.
Rip off the punters rip off the punters,
Tax the buggers heavily come listen to my plea.
'Cause my cottage needs rethatchering and my Rolls Royce needs an overhaul,
The plebs'll only spend it so give it all to me.
Then this poor old yuppie found life getting sticky
Folks were asking questions especially of him
So he sailed off in his yacht to the sunny Costa Packet
And no one’s ever seen him since he went for a swim
Rip off the punters rip off the punters,
Tax the buggers heavily come listen to my plea.
'Cause my cottage needs rethatchering and my Rolls Royce needs an overhaul,
The plebs'll only spend it so give it all to me.
THE WANDERER
Well I'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are, well you know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em, 'cause to me they're all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer, yeah the wanderer,
I roam around, around around, around around
Well there is Bo on my left hand and there is Mary on my right
And Jenny is the girl that I'll be with tonight
And when she asked me which one I love the best
I tear off my shirt and show her Rosy on my chest
'Cause I'm a wanderer, yeah the wanderer,
I roam around, around around, around around
Well, I roam from town to town,
I roam through life without a care,
And I’m as happy as a clown.
With my two fists of iron
And I'm going nowhere
Yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself falling for some girl
I hop right into that car of mine and I drive around the world
Yeah, I'm the wanderer, yeah the wanderer,
I roam around, around around, around around
Well, I roam from town to town,
I roam through life without a care,
And I’m as happy as a clown.
With my two fists of iron
And I'm going nowhere
Yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself falling for some girl
I hop right into that car of mine and I drive around the world
Yeah, I'm the wanderer, yeah the wanderer,
I roam around, around around, around around
WATERS OF TYNE
I canna get to my love though I would dae
The waters of Tyne come between her and me
So here I must stand with a tear in my eye
Both sighing and longing my true love to see
Go fetch me a boatman my bonny Jimmy
Find me a boatman and bring him to me
To carry me over the Tyne to my hinnie
And I shall remember the boatman and thee
Oh where is that boatman my bonny Jimmy
Fetch me the ferryman where’er he may be
That I may cross over the Tyne to my hinnie
So me and my love united may be
I canna get to my love though I would dae
The waters of Tyne come between her and me
So here I must stand with a tear in my eye
Both sighing and longing my true love to see
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
I’ve paid my dues time after time
I’ve done my sentence but comitted no crime
And bad mistakes I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face but I’ve come through
We are the champions my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting ‘till the end
We are the champions we are the champions
No time for losers ‘cause we are the champions of the world
I’ve taken my bows and my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it I thank you all
But it’s been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race and I ain’t gonna lose
We are the champions my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting ‘till the end
We are the champions we are the champions
No time for losers ‘cause we are the champions of the world
We are the champions my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting ‘till the end
We are the champions we are the champions
No time for losers ‘cause we are the champions of the world
WE CAN SWING TOGETHER
No one came to criticise no one to complain
Just to pass a little bit of time and play some human games
Some were smoking rolly rolls while others they had none
But everybody was holding hands and singing this little song
We can swing together, ‘cause we feel we’re doing it right
We can swing together, we can swing right through the night
Then when things were happening around about ten to four
There was a screeching of brakes, and dogs barking outside, and a hammering on the door
Then the voice of officialdom saying open up in the name of the law
We just kept on holding hands and singing this song some more
We can swing together, ‘cause we feel we’re doing it right
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night
Then they broke down all the doors, they kicked the windows in
Let their doggies off their leads and they ransacked everything
They stood us all against the wall their faces split with grins
We linked each other’s handcuffs and merrily began to sing
We can swing together, ‘cause we feel we’re doing it right
We can swing together, we can swing right through the night
They took us to see the county judge with a wig hat on his head
He heard our case with a smile on his face and this is what he said
I have to send you all to jail for doing this terrible thing
But as I walked down to the cells I swear I heard him sing
We can swing together, ‘cause we feel we’re doing it right
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night
We can swing together, ‘cause we feel we’re doing it right
We can swing together, we can swing all through the night
We can swing together, ‘cause we feel we’re doing it right
We can swing together, we can swing right through the night
WE USED TO KNOW
Whenever I get to feel this way
Hard to find new words to say
I think about the bad old days
We used to know
Nights of winter turn me cold
Fears of dying getting old
We ran the race the race was won
By running slowly
Could be soon we’ll cease to sound
Slowly upstairs faster down
Then to revisit stony grounds
We used to know
Remembering mornings shillings spent
Made no sense to leave the bed
The bad old days they came and went
You’ve been waiting fruitful years
Saving up the birds in hand
While in the bush the others land
Take what we can before the man
Says it’s time to go
Each to his own way I’ll go mine
Best of luck with what you find
But for your own sake remember times
We used to know
WEE WEE SONG
When I was a wee wee tot
They took me from my wee wee cot
And put me on my wee wee pot
To see if I’d wee wee or not
When they saw that I would not
They took me from my wee wee pot
And put me in my wee wee cot
And there I would wee wee or not
THE WEIGHT
We pulled into Nazareth, feeling 'bout half past dead
Just need to find a place, where we can lay our heads
Mister can you tell us, where a man might find a bed
He just grinned and shook our hands, "No" was all he said
Take a load off Fanny take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny and you put the load right on me
I picked my bags and went looking for a place to hide
When I saw old Carmen and the devil walking side by side
Now I said, "Hey Carmen, come on let's go downtown !"
She said, "I got to go, but my friend can stick around."
Take a load off Fanny take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny and you put the load right on me
Go down miss Moses, there's nothing that you can say
'Cause it's old Luke and Luke's a-waiting on judgement day
"Hey Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee"
He said, "Do me a favour son, won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company"
Take a load off Fanny take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny and you put the load right on me
Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog
He said, "I will fix your rack, if you just jack my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute Chester, I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's OK, won't you feed him, whenever you can."
Take a load off Fanny take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny and you put the load right on me
Catch a cannonball, take me on down the line
My bag is sinking low and I do believe that it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one
She sent me here her regards for everyone
Take a load off Fanny take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny and you put the load right on me
WHAT'D I SAY
Hey mamma don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
All night long hey hey all right
See that girl with the diamond ring
She sure knows how to shake that thing
All night long hey hey all right
Tell your papa tell your mam
I'm gonna send you back where you come from
You don't do right you don't do right hey hey
When you see me in misery
Come on baby set me free now
All night long hey hey all right
When you see me in misery
Come on baby set me free now
All night long hey hey all right
See the girl with the red dress on
She likes to rock and roll all night long
What'd I say yeah what'd I say
Well tell me what I say
Tell me what I say right now
Tell me what I say tell me what I say
Yeah I want to know
I want to know right now
Yeah tell me what I say
Baby feels so good
Baby you’re so good
Makes me feel all right
Shake that thing
Why don't you shake that thing right now
Yeah it'll make you feel all right
One more time
Yeah one more time right now
It's all right it's all right now
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothing else
He'll change the world
For the good thing he's found
If she's bad he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down
When a man loves a woman
Spends his very last dime
Trying to hold on
To what he needs
He'll give up all of his comforts
Sleep out in the rain
He'll pretend it's the way
It ought to be
When a man loves a woman
I gave you everything I had
Trying to hold on to your love
Baby please don't treat me bad
When a man loves a woman
Down deep in his soul
She can burn him
So easily
If she plays him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes
Can never see
When a man loves a woman
He can do her no wrong
He can never walk some other girl
Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
Baby baby baby you're my world
When a man loves a woman
I know exactly how you feel
WHEN I’M DEAD AND GONE
Oh I love you baby I love you night and day
When I leave you baby don’t cry the night away
When I die don’t you write no words upon my tomb
I don’t believe I want to leave no epitaph of doom
Oh, oh, oh, oh, when I’m dead and gone
I want to leave same happy woman living on
Oh, oh, oh, oh, don’t want nobody to mourn beside my grave
Old mamma Linda she’s out to get my hide
She’s got a shotgun and her daughter by her side
Hey there ladies, Johnson’s free
Who’s got the love who’s got the love to keep a man like me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, when I’m dead and gone
I want to leave same happy woman living on
Oh, oh, oh, oh, don’t want nobody to mourn beside my grave
WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR
When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings, bottle of wine
If I'd been out 'til quarter to three, would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Hm
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy mending a fuse when your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can rent a cottage
On the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear
We could scrimp and save
And grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spent all my money just did not care
Took all my friends out for a mighty good time
Bought bootleg whisky, champagne and wine
Then I began to fall so low
Lost all my good friends just had nowhere to go
If I get my hands on a dollar again
I’m gonna hang on it ‘till that eagle grins
Nobody wants you
When you’re down and out
In your pocket not one penny
And your friends well you don’t have any
When you get back on your feet again
Everybody wants to be your long lost friend
Mighty strange without a doubt
Nobody wants you when you’re down and out
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don’t know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I don’t know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you
I look at the world and I notice it’s turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don’t know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don’t know how you were inverted
No one altered you
I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at you all still my guitar gently weeps
WHINNY’S RAG
Listen while I tell you about a little girl
I’ve been with over just three years
Some would say she’s slow but I would answer no
She knows how to shift them gears
We used to be so cosy everything was rosy
In our little love nest on the Old Kent Road
In our house of passion they could hear us thrashing
A good six houses down the road
But now that she has gone I can’t carry on
Every night I end up canned
I’m in and out of boozers I’m backing all the losers
Well I have to take myself in hand
I was s’posed to meet her by a parking meter
It was just outside the Coal Face Club
Then when I had got there I looked but couldn’t find her
I thought she must be taking a walk
I there and then decided
As swiftly home I strided
I’d have to make her sorry for crossing my path
I was really mad completely off my mettle
I can’t believe she left me all alone
I went to see her mother she wasn’t with her brother
I began to leap and groan
Then in disillusion
I came to this conclusion
My little bird had flown
If you see my Whinny she’s blonde and rather skinny
But you’ll know her by the wart on her nose
Her dress is very sweet she’s really rather neat
She always wears them beat up clothes
So Whinny if you’re near
Come home to me my dear
You know I’ll always understand
WHISKY IN THE JAR
As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains
I met with captain Ferrel as his money he was counting
I first produced my pistol and then got out my rapier
Saying stand and deliver for I am the bold receiver
Put your ring on a do on a di
Wack for my daddy oh
Wack for my daddy oh
There's whisky in the jar
I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny
I put it in my bag and I took it home to Molly
She swore that she’d love me and she ne'er again would leave me
The devil take the women for you know she tricked me easy
Put your ring on a do on a di
Wack for my daddy oh
Wack for my daddy oh
There's whisky in the jar
Being drunk and weary I went into Molly’s chamber
Taking my bounty with me and I never knew the danger
For round about six or seven in walked captain Ferrel
I jumped up fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels
Put your ring on a do on a di
Wack for my daddy oh
Wack for my daddy oh
There's whisky in the jar
Now some they like the fishing and some they like the fowling
And some men like to hear the cannon balls rolling
Me I like sleeping specially in my Molly’s chamber
But here I am in prison here I am with a ball and chain yeah
Put your ring on a do on a di
Wack for my daddy oh
Wack for my daddy oh
There's whisky in the jar
If there's anyone can help me it's my brother in the army
Maybe he's in Cork or maybe in Killarney
Together we'll go tramping through the golden fields of barley
He's sure to treat me better than my darling sporting Jenny
Put your ring on a do on a di
Wack for my daddy oh
Wack for my daddy oh
There's whisky in the jar
WHITE ROOM
In a white room with black curtains in the station
Black roof country no gold pavements tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawn light smiles on you leaving my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket restless diesel goodbye window
I walked out of such a sad time at the station
As I walked out felt my own need just beginning
And I'll wait in the queue wen the train comes back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing goodbye windows tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
We skipped the light Fandango
And turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kind of sea sick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming hotter
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was later
As the mirror told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see
As I wandered through my playing cards
That would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And the moment my eyes were open
They might just as well been closed
And so it was later
As the mirror told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
And so it was later
As the mirror told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN
Long as I remember rain's been coming down
Clouds of mystery falling confusion on the ground
Goodness through the ages trying to find the sun
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain
I went down Virginia seeking shelter from the storm
Out up in the fable I watched the tower close
Obvious plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain
Heard the singers playing how we cheered for more
Crowed rushed together trying to keep warm
Still the rain kept falling violence on my heels
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
You need coolin’ baby I’m not foolin’
I’m gonna say it yeah get back to schoolin’
Way down inside honey you need it
I’m gonna give you my love
I’m gonna give you my love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
You’ve been learnin’ baby I mean learnin’
All them good times baby baby I’ve been yearnin’
Way way down inside honey you need it
I’m gonna give you my love
I’m gonna give you my love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
You’ve been coolin’ baby I’ve been droolin’
All the good times I’ve been misusin’
Way way down inside I’m gonna give you my love
I’m gonna give you every inch of my love
Gonna give you my love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Wanna whole lotta love
Way down inside woman you need love
Shake for me I wanna be your back door man
Hey oh hey oh oh oh oh
Keep a coolin’ baby keep a coolin’ baby
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOING ON
Come on over baby whole lotta shaking going on
I said come on over baby baby you can't go wrong
We ain't thinking whole lotta shaking going on
Come on over baby we've got a chicken in the barn
Come on over baby we've got the bull by the horns
We ain't thinking whole lotta shaking going on
I said shake baby shake shake baby shake
Shake baby shake shake baby shake
Come on over whole lotta shaking going on
Come on over baby we've got a chicken in the barn
Come on over baby we've got the bull by the horns
We ain't thinking whole lotta shaking going on
I said shake baby shake shake baby shake
Shake baby shake shake baby shake
Come on over baby whole lotta shaking going on
I said shake baby shake shake baby shake
Shake baby shake shake baby shake
Come on over whole lotta shaking going on
Come on over whole lotta shaking going on
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